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Lucia took a deep breath and turned to look at Emma who was beside her. “This really has nothing to do with Mr. Adams.” Emma sighed. “Then you need to find a way to explain. After all, everyone now thinks you’re head over heels in love with Mr. Adams to the point of badgering him.”

Explain? No one would listen even if she tried to explain.

“Ding-dong.” The door of the lift opened. Lucia and Emma stepped out side by side and walked to the front door.

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Suddenly, a man came up towards them. “Lucia!”

Lucia turned to see that it was Baron, a male colleague from the finance depart­ment.

“Baron, you just got off work too?”

Baron smiled at her and nodded. “What a coincidence.”

He paused, said hello to Emma, and then looked back at Lucia. ’’Where are you going? Do you want me to take

you home?”

A little uncomfortable with Barons enthusiasm and attention, Lucia reached out to hook her arm around Emma’s and declined with a smile. “I’ve got a dinner date with Emma.”

At that, Baron smiled and scratched his head. “Well then, you two go for dinner and I’ll take you home next time when I get a chance.”

“Okay, bye.”

After saying goodbye to Baron, Lucia pulled Emma with her and left the lobby of the company quickly.

were far away from the company, Emma smiled and asked, “Lucia, everyone can see that Baron likes you! And I

the wedding ring on her finger and had no idea

to Emma.

hand, “Actually, I do have an idea that will help you to stop the rumors

promptly, “What

Mr. Adams, right? If you get closer

disprove those

what Lucia said made some sense, but she felt something strange at the same time. “To prove that I’m not interested in Mr. Adams, I should get closer to another man. Is that what you mean?” Emma nodded. “Yes. When the time comes, you can explain and those rumors will be gone.” Lucia hesitated. “But wouldn’t that be taking advantage of Baron?” “Of course not. Baron likes you, and you are just trying to get closer to him. It doesn’t mean that you have to be his girlfriend. You only need to prove that you are not interested in Mr. Adams

nodded doubtfully. She was

kept thinking about it, but she

passed. Lucia thought that the rumors in the company would die down within these days, only to find that they were getting worse instead of dying down. Wherever she went now, everyone was looking at her with suspicion, judgment, and

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+10 If this went on August would surely hear about all this when he came back

suddenly thought of what Emma had said to her the other day. In this desperate situation, she had no other choice. Her first priority was to silence the rumors. The

lot in showbiz. To squash one

August would not be affected. Having made up her mind,

should go inside, someone came out and, coin­cidentally, it

his hand, Baron seemed to be on his way to the Archives. He was

you doing here, Lucia? Are you here

she had already prepared. Baron smiled patiently at her. “So, what are

her courage. “I’m..

felt

a deep breath. “I have time

without

her now. As a result, when they saw her with another man, they couldn’t

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